punking system
punk ≠ bank – A subversive picture game with double meanings!
“Or how one wrong sound blows up the system.”
What happens when a single sound shakes the system, when “punk” and “bank”, two words almost identical in sound (in Austria) but deadly enemies in meaning, are transformed into an acoustic collision and weapon?
“Punkwesen” ( punking system) dissects the absurdities of our system with sharp humor. A punk becomes a “punk counselor” for helpless young people on a park bench. He demonstrates his “Punkrott” strategy in a bank branch: his empty trouser pockets as the best criticism of capitalism. He invites us to discover his absolutely chaotic realm and at the same time makes us realize what chaos and social garbage exists behind closed doors.
Not only is language played with here, but also clichés. Punk, actually a symbol of protest, becomes an unintentional satirist. The images expose the grotesque contradictions of a society that markets rebellion and pathologizes poverty.
“This is not an art project, this is arson!”